1. Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Corpus Christi, Tex., as a Category 4 hurricane. Parts of the state could see catastrophic flooding from the storm surge and torrential rains, and winds up to 130 miles per hour.

Forecasters predicted that after making landfall, the storm would turn back up the coast toward Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city and home to the oil and gas industry. Here’s a map of the storm’s projected path. It will be the first big test for the White House and the new FEMA director, Brock Long.

2. In what amounted to a warning to the Trump administration, Janet Yellen, the Federal Reserve chairwoman, above center, delivered a broad rebuttal to Republican criticism that financial regulation is impeding economic growth.

But Mr. Cohn was reportedly so upset by the administration’s reaction to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., that he considered resigning. He said the White House “can and must do better” in condemning hate groups.

And in this week’s Partisan Writing Roundup, figures from across the political spectrum take on the president’s increasingly contentious relationship with his party’s congressional leaders.

And there was also news about man-made monuments: There’s growing anger over statues of figures who some argue symbolize racism, like Christopher Columbus.

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4. We visited Yokosuka, Japan, the home port of the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet, where 24,000 sailors and related military personnel and civilians live and work. A cluster of bars near the naval base is a little slice of Americana, replete with Budweiser signs and a country music soundtrack.

5. The heir to South Korea’s Samsung empire was convicted of bribery and embezzlement. The business titan, Lee Jae-yong, above, was sentenced to five years in prison, a break with a history of light penalties for major business figures.

The scandal over the charges had already contributed to the downfall of the country’s former president and had shaken the country’s political and economic foundations.

Our correspondent in Seoul said the sentence was a sign that the country is no longer willing to offer its business leaders political impunity in exchange for untrammeled economic growth.

7. The bubbleof coding boot camps is starting to burst. In the last few years, dozens of schools have popped up, offering intensive courses that would allow graduates to enter the high-paying digital economy.

But two of the big ones are set to close, a sign of a glut in the market and of shifting demands from employers.

Companies are looking for a wider range of skills and more advanced coding knowledge, and the educational programs that are succeeding are evolving to suit those needs. Above, a coding class in New York.

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8. We spent some time at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, which has cemented its status as a gathering spot for the president’s supporters to see, be seen and curry favor with people in power, one $24 chocolate cigar at a time.

Our writer says the hotel, dripping in crystals, slicked with marble and upholstered in blue velvet, feels a bit like a “Make America Great Again” theme park.

It’s also home to the only Washington restaurant President Trump patronizes, which is a steakhouse that serves a $150 glass of Louis XIII cognac and a $22 cheesecake lollipop tree dessert. (He prefers a well-done Kansas City strip.)

In the runup to the fight, McGregor has told Mayweather to “dance for me, boy” and said he himself was half black “from the bellybutton down”; Mayweather, above, said that he was fighting “for all the blacks around the world” and that he faced a double standard.

“If it’s an antagonistic fight between a white and a black, then you can play the race card tremendously, and get an overwhelming return,” Don King mused.